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Direct linkWellman, Henry M.; Liu, David – Child Development, 2004
Two studies address the sequence of understandings evident in preschoolers' developing theory of mind. The first, preliminary study provides a meta-analysis of research comparing different types of mental state understandings (e.g., desires vs. beliefs, ignorance vs. false belief). The second, primary study tests a theory-of-mind scale for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Measurement Techniques, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedBrainerd, Charles J.; Howe, Mark L. – Child Development, 1980
The question of whether or not a certain mathematical model is applicable to the paired-associate data of preschool children as well as adults was examined in five experiments. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedGreen, James A. – Child Development, 1988
Provides an introduction to loglinear analysis of cross-classification tables, including tables with nominal and ordinal variables. Compares the chi-square test of independence with the loglinear model of independence. Reviews the advantages and overall strategy of loglinear modeling. Each model discussed is applied to data from the developmental…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Children, Correlation, Developmental Psychology
Peer reviewedBurchinal, Margaret; Appelbaum, Mark I. – Child Development, 1991
Quantitative growth curve models for estimating individual developmental functions from various types of longitudinal data are discussed in the context of investigator assumptions and research design characteristics. Linear and nonlinear models that estimate growth curves are illustrated, and contrasted when they are fit to speech development…
Descriptors: Children, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition
